Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Rationalism

Leo Strauss and the Crisis of RationalismExamines the German and Jewish sources of Strauss's thought and the extent to which his philosophy can shed light on the crisis of liberal democracy. How can Leo Strauss's critique of modernity and his return to tradition, especially Maimonides, help us to save democracy from its inner dangers? In this book, Corine Pelluchon examines Strauss's provocative claim that the conception of man and reason in the thought of the Enlightenment is self

A comprehensive history of U

and as the songs and cries of the oppressed grow closer

This expansive book reveals the great diversity and range of art of the Arab lands

the nature of ethical selving and communities

Are there principles that unify our experience and show connections among diverse places

Three major pest taxa affect wheat: rodents

With eye-catching new covers and a new note about the author

It recreates and analyses life in London’s elementary schools in the 1920s and 1930s

The model is fully described proposing that people move through five change stages – pre-contemplation

The wide-ranging topics include poetry

for three months or more

he chances upon Dianthe